John McKay 🔶

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[John McKay 🔶 @johnmckay81]

I’ve just set up on Bluesky @johnmckay81.bsky.social

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

People versus the establishment?
Are you kidding?
Nigel Farage is the son of a stockbroker who went to Dulwich College and then follows his dad into the city, gets gifted millions, promotes crypto and gold bullion, been in politics for decades - he IS the establishment

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.

[John McKay 🔶 @johnmckay81]

@timfarron Strong and stable

[Dominic Grieve @dominicgrieve_]

The events this week confirm for me the opinion I expressed in my last post.
Pleased as I am that our PMs visit to Washington seemed to be reasonably successful, it is hard not to see the entire week as a performative pantomime orchestrated by Trump. He placated France and the U.K., whilst preparing for a deliberate and choreographed attack on President Zelensky, a visiting head of state, that guaranteed the failure of his visit. The behaviour of Trump and vice President Vance was outrageous-as a piece of theatre it was straight from the playbook of Hitler's summons of President Hacha of Czechoslovakia to Berlin in 1939 to sign away its independence. Zelensky was entitled to say what he did. There was nothing remotely disrespectful about it. He stood up to the crude bullying that now seems the hallmark of the Trump administration.
Even more chilling is the sense that we are seeing much more clearly Trump's motives. It is not about "peace" but doing a deal with Putin's Russia-Ukrainian land and people to be traded for the benefit of Russian raw materials. Just like the Hitler-Stalin Pact and we know how that ended.

[John McKay 🔶 @johnmckay81]

@BBCNewsnight @vicderbyshire F***ing nonsense.

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

When the PM visits the White House next week, he must challenge Trump on his Ukraine lies in the strongest possible terms.

It's alarming to see the leader of the free world parroting Putin's propaganda. Trump spoke in Mar-a-Lago but his words could have been written in Moscow.

[John McKay 🔶 @johnmckay81]

@ahistoryinart Are you on bluesky yet?

[Guardian politics @GdnPolitics]

Ed Davey urges Starmer to ‘Trump-proof’ UK with closer European ties https://t.co/lUMPj7aqc0

[John McKay 🔶 @johnmckay81]

“They may get a nice layover at the White House, but their final destination? Wood chipper, baby” https://t.co/vIffXCitk2

[John McKay 🔶 @johnmckay81]

“Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, was right to challenge him over Ukraine and a possible trade war” ⁦@LibDems⁩ https://t.co/6rQLEHgPgw

[Kira Rudik @kiraincongress]

By using frozen russian assets for Ukraine’s needs, we are turning putin’s abilities against himself. This is a right step on the path to make him stop.

@GarethBarlow | @SkyNews

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

You want lies with that?

[Sarah Rainsford @sarahrainsford]

This woman voted in Moldova’s election on Sunday, then asked a surprised election monitor where she gets paid. So I decided to ask what she’d been promised…

The authorities believe Russia has been channeling-in money to buy votes: that Moscow has not ‘let go’ of #Moldova

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

There's a "pressing need to fix our broken relationship with Europe," Ed Davey says

The Lib Dem leader calls for a "youth mobility scheme to boost British businesses and give our young people the freedom to travel and work across Europe"

Follow live https://t.co/cGC5ZSHglu

[John McKay 🔶 @johnmckay81]

Standing room only at #libdemconference

[John McKay 🔶 @johnmckay81]

I hope they are forced to refund the difference #Oasis #rocknrollswindle https://t.co/dC5leslp2a

[Private Eye Magazine @PrivateEyeNews]

“My Tesla keeps veering to the far right”

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

[Layla Moran 🔶🕊️ @LaylaMoran]

UK-Germany treaty talks are a positive step after years of the Conservatives trashing the UK’s relationship with Europe.

But the new Govt needs to be more ambitious, starting with a Youth Mobility Scheme giving young people the chance to easily live and work across the continent

[John McKay 🔶 @johnmckay81]

Barack Obama endorses Kamala Harris for president in 2024 US election https://t.co/oSWiuSXLyt